Job summary
The NHS Berkshire West Continuing Healthcare
Service, part of NHS Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berks West Integrated Care
Board (BOB ICB), is recruiting a Team Leader based at their Reading office,
although work is a mix of home/office working. This post will report to the
Assistant Director, Continuing Healthcare.
The Continuing Healthcare Service
(based in Reading) covers Wokingham, Reading, Newbury and surrounding rural
areas. The Berkshire West Continuing Healthcare Service is a relatively small,
friendly team working in a specialized NHS area. This Service is part of the wider BOB ICB
where there is currently a transformation process underway to ensure similar
working practices across the ICB so there may be wider opportunities within
ICB.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for supporting
the Assistant Director, Continuing Healthcare in the day to day operational
management of the Continuing Healthcare Service for Adults and Children. This important role involves working with the
most vulnerable individuals in society and the NHS.
A key aspect of this post will be to provide day to
day leadership to the Continuing Healthcare Service for Adults and Children and
to provide skilled and experienced support to the Continuing Healthcare and FNC
Assessors, as well as to the Assistant Director, Continuing Healthcare, the Continuing
Healthcare Panels for adults and children, and others as appropriate.
The Continuing Healthcare Service works with its Local
Authority partners and other stakeholders to implement the National Framework
for NHS Continuing Healthcare and has a continual programme of training to
Health and Social Care partners. To
continue and follow on from this work, the postholder will need to develop and
maintain good working relationships internally and externally to the ICB.
About us
As a newly created ICB we are committed to having a
workforce that reflects the communities we support and are actively seeking to
improve the diversity of our workforce. We welcome applications from all
under-represented communities and groups and are particularly keen to attract
candidates from ethnic minority groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You should have excellent communication skills with the ability to produce clear and concise written reports. You should also have excellent interpersonal skills to support you in managing complex discussions with a range of agencies and individuals including care providers and relatives. This role will require clinical decision making. Experience of working in Continuing Healthcare would be an advantage.
You will be an experienced health and/or social care professional, with significant clinical and managerial experience within nursing, allied health professions and/or social care.
The Continuing Healthcare Service works core office hours and is able to offer some flexible working within these hours.
If you would like to discuss this post in more detail please contact Elizabeth Rushton or Niki Cartwright on 0118 982 2900.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You should have excellent communication skills with the ability to produce clear and concise written reports. You should also have excellent interpersonal skills to support you in managing complex discussions with a range of agencies and individuals including care providers and relatives. This role will require clinical decision making. Experience of working in Continuing Healthcare would be an advantage.
You will be an experienced health and/or social care professional, with significant clinical and managerial experience within nursing, allied health professions and/or social care.
The Continuing Healthcare Service works core office hours and is able to offer some flexible working within these hours.
If you would like to discuss this post in more detail please contact Elizabeth Rushton or Niki Cartwright on 0118 982 2900.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience of leading a team or others
- Working in multi-disciplinary teams and partnership working with other statutory and voluntary agencies
- Coaching and supporting staff
- Previous experience of working in the community/outside the acute sector
- Is able to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues.
- Leading staff appraisals, inductions, mentorship and preceptorship.
- Able to make decisions based on assessments and able to justify decisions made to professionals and lay people
- Recruitment and selection
- Experience of change management
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification in Health and/or Social Care with appropriate experience
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent clinical experience within the field of continuing healthcare
Desirable
- Management qualification is desirable
- Higher degree or equivalent experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to manage confidential information/documentation sensitively.
- Some knowledge of NHS/Social Services/independent sector.
- Is able to make sense of often conflicting priorities
- Time management skills
- Can lead, motivate and inspire others, and allow others to lead if appropriate
- Ability to recognise their preferences of personal style and the impact this has on others
- Self confident
- Ability to grasp critical issues and distil into clear and manageable priorities
Desirable
- Has specific knowledge of the NHS Continuing Care Guidance and Framework
- Knowledge of Hospital Discharge Policies
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience of leading a team or others
- Working in multi-disciplinary teams and partnership working with other statutory and voluntary agencies
- Coaching and supporting staff
- Previous experience of working in the community/outside the acute sector
- Is able to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues.
- Leading staff appraisals, inductions, mentorship and preceptorship.
- Able to make decisions based on assessments and able to justify decisions made to professionals and lay people
- Recruitment and selection
- Experience of change management
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification in Health and/or Social Care with appropriate experience
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent clinical experience within the field of continuing healthcare
Desirable
- Management qualification is desirable
- Higher degree or equivalent experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to manage confidential information/documentation sensitively.
- Some knowledge of NHS/Social Services/independent sector.
- Is able to make sense of often conflicting priorities
- Time management skills
- Can lead, motivate and inspire others, and allow others to lead if appropriate
- Ability to recognise their preferences of personal style and the impact this has on others
- Self confident
- Ability to grasp critical issues and distil into clear and manageable priorities
Desirable
- Has specific knowledge of the NHS Continuing Care Guidance and Framework
- Knowledge of Hospital Discharge Policies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
